Our students continued their success at the Jugend forscht state competition held at TU Berlin. Tom Smee (IB 12) won first prize in Mathematics/Computer Science for his project “Can synthetically generated training data improve AI object recognition models?” and has qualified for the national finals in Hamburg from May 31 to June 1 – an outstanding achievement!
The two other teams from Nelson Mandela School each achieved a 3rd place in their respective categories – a remarkable accomplishment at the state level:
- Vibbodh Somani (IB 12), Bhuvana Reddi (IB 12), Kerem Semiz (Abi 11) – “How do air pressure, water volume, and bottle shape influence the launch of a water bottle rocket?”
- Vibbodh Somani (IB 12), Yamahn Tanjour (IB 12), Sarah Ali (IB 12) – “Creating more efficient keyboards with genetic algorithms and chords”
In addition, the Nelson Mandela School received a special award of 500 euros in recognition of its ongoing commitment to supporting young researchers through Jugend forscht.
Congratulations to all participants, and best of luck to Tom at the national finals in Hamburg!